Maybe I have already touched on this subject and if I did I apologize, but I must say that this is a new insight. Garth Brooks had a popular song at one time and it talked about thanking God for unanswered prayers. For me though it was to help me see that it was not an unanswered prayer, but an answer I thought God had given to me. This answered did not come from God but from my emotions and if God HAD NOT opened my eyes as he did it would have been a very large mistake again based on emotions and not an answer from God. In some way I felt like Jonah I did not want to hear what God was really telling me but I went by my on emotions the difference was mine was based on family and Jonah's was based on hatred. While each one had a different reason they both were wrong just as Jonah ran I was wanting to do the same thing. God could have said okay Darrell I will give you what you want, but don't come to me crying when it all blows up in your face, but instead he said Darrell I love you so much that I must do all that I can to keep you from making this mistake and so he helped to see as it has been said the error of my way. I thank God for unanswered prayer or in this case the right answer but for me the wrong interpretation of that answer. The song of my heart is still, "It is my desire to be like Jesus"
Blessings